# Accident 19730126001719A: Mooney M20D, Dalhart, TX, January 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1973
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.0225° N, 102.5474° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALHART MUNI (DHT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0225&lon=-102.5474&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1363W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1363W-1975-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 715 total, 300 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73FQG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FQG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730126001719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT STRUCK POLE 1/4 MILE FROM END OF RNWY, LNDGLITES NOT ON.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW73FQG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FQG30), Jan 26, 1973: Mooney M20C (N1363W), Dalhart, TX, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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